Group Media & Photos

Yoshiyama family. Jerome Concentration Camp, ca. 1943. Seated (L-R): Matsue, Emiko. Standing: Takeo, Jerry Kazuo, Joji. JCCH/Jerry K. Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Jerry and Matsue Yoshiyama. Jerome Concentration Camp, ca. 1943. JCCH/Jerry K. Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Internal Security Officers Headquarters, Jerome Concentration Camp, ca. 1943. Jerry Yoshiyama is in top row, 2nd from left. JCCH/Jerry K. Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Yoshiyama family with a visiting soldier from Hawaii. Jerome Concentration Camp, 1944. 1st Row (L-R): Joji, Emiko. 2nd Row: Jerry, Matsue, Takeo, Patrick Kumagai. JCCH/Jerry Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Yoshiyama family with a visiting soldier from Hawaii. Jerome Concentration Camp, 1944. Seated (L-R): Emiko, Joji, Jerry. JCCH/Jerry Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Hawaii soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team visit with Jerry Yoshiyama. Jerome Concentration Camp, 1944. JCCH/Jerry Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Visiting soldier from Hawaii. Jerome Concentration Camp, 1944. Jerry Yoshiyama in back row, far right. JCCH/Jerry Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Visiting soldiers from Hawaii. Jerome Concentration Camp, 1944. 1st Row: Matsue and Jerry Yoshiyama. JCCH/Jerry Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Yoshiyama Family. Jerome Concentration Camp, June 1944. 1st Row: Emiko, Joji. 2nd Row: Jerry, Matsue, Takeo. JCCH/Jerry Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Amache Concentration Camp, July 1944. Front Row: Matsue (2nd), Jerry (4th). JCCH/Jerry K. Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Jerome Concentration Camp, Block 39. May 1944. 2nd row from bottom: George Hoshida (1st from left), Tsuruzo Hasegawa (3rd from L). Top row: Jerry Yoshiyama (8th from right). JCCH/Patsy Saiki Archival Collection.

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Yoshiyama family in Hilo, Hawaii, 1954. Front Row: Grandfather Umekichi Yoshiyama, seated. Standing (L-R): Takeo, Matsue, Jerry, Emiko, Joji. Jerry K. Yoshiyama Archival Collection.

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Internment Locations

Arrested: February 1942

Kilauea Military Camp, Hawaii Island

Sand Island Internment Camp, Honolulu, Oahu Island

May 1942 - December 1942

Transferred to Mainland: December 1942

Sent aboard the military troopship the Lurline with more than 430 other Hawaii residents for incarceration in Mainland camps.

Jerome Concentration Camp, Arkansas

January 1943 - June 1944

Amache (Granada) Concentration Camp, Colorado

June 1944 - August 1944

Chicago, Illinois

Returned to Hawaii: November 1945

Arrived in Honolulu with 450 other internees aboard the military troopship the Yarmouth.